Microsoft YaHei
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| Typeface | Microsoft YaHei |
|---|---|
| Category | Sans-serif |
| Classifications | East Asian gothic typeface |
| Designer(s) | Founder Electronics and Monotype |
| Commissioned by | Microsoft |
| Foundry | Microsoft |
| Date created | 1997-07-18 |
Microsoft YaHei (Chinese: 微软雅黑; pinyin: Wēiruǎn Yǎhēi) is a sans-serif gothic typeface created by Founder Electronics and Monotype under commission from Microsoft. Hinting for the font was undertaken by Monotype Corporation. The typeface is distributed as an OpenType font named MSYH.TTF.
The font family also includes “Microsoft YaHei Bold” in a separate file, MSYHBD.TTF. This typeface includes stroke adjustments beyond straightforward bolding of the original, and is therefore distributed as a separate font.
Microsoft YaHei is distributed with the Simplified Chinese version of the Windows Vista operating system as the default user interface font, aiming to be more legible than its SimSun predecessor when used with ClearType. It is also included in the Simplified Chinese version of Microsoft Office 2007.
The font file contains all 20,902 original Unihan code points specified in Unicode, plus approximately 80 code points defined by the Standardization Administration of China. It additionally supports the Big5 and GB2312 encodings, used for Traditional and Simplified Chinese respectively.
